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Re: [RC] LD, 50, 100 - Rebecca Hackworth

The difference about MultiDay rides is that you can ride two
different horses if you want to.  

---- Original Message ----
From: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: rides2far@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   LD, 50, 100
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:28:44 -0400


I've never had any desire to do a two day 100. When I'm done I want
to 
put my horse away and be done. The two day format never appealed to
me. 
Angie makes a lot of valid points. In a two day 100 you ride in the
heat 
of the day twice. In a one day 100 you ride in the heat of the day
once 
and rest is in the cool peaceful stillness of the evening and night.

Once the horse is warmed up you don't stop just to let it get stiff -
to 
have to be warmed up again - in a one day ride you do in a two day
ride. 
Same for the rider.

The interesting thing about the two day format is it really seems to 
have been tied to the ROC. You could use up to two two day 100's as
ROC 
qualifications rides. In say 1995 and 1996 the two day 100 was quite 
popular. After the last ROC was run in 1997 - the two day 100 has 
virtually died.

Even with people running two more day rides as a result of high fuel 
prices, I doubt if you will see any up tick in the two day 100
format. 
If people want to ride two days they will just do it.

As far as the jump from a 50 to a 100 - it's more mental than
physical. 
If you want to do a 100, stop whining and just do it.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

I still don't know why everyone thinks of a 2 day 100 as a step you

could

take before doing a 100. I've done 8? (I think) 100's (and several

75 and

80s that were supposed to be 100's) but I've never done a 2 day

100.

Sounds too hard. >g< I don't like the idea of all the riding being

done

in heat. Don't get the benefit of the early early and late late

cool

riding, or change of feel as day goes on to night. Don't like the

idea of

getting back on after the soreness sets in. Don't like the idea of
dragging the poor horse out again after the let down. I think

there's a

lot to be said for doing it all in one day. :-)

Angie
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